tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post4740451171583109228..comments2018-05-23T23:06:47.223-04:00Comments on the joy of sox: A-Rod Elbow - Payback For Pedroia Slide?allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-62178935915835031852007-05-23T20:55:00.000-04:002007-05-23T20:55:00.000-04:00I think we need to take a look at both the A-Rod a...I think we need to take a look at both the A-Rod and Pedroia slide carefully. Dustin slid directly into Jeter and was within an arms length of the base, a typical hard slide with the intent of breaking up a double play. In A-Rod's case he actually slid directly into second base, and then after the slide was complete, he stood up (as in a stand up slide) and threw a body block at Dustin (look at the video carefully). A-Rod wasn't playing hard nosed baseball, he wasn't playing baseball at all; it was more of a football or rugby move. Then again, given his history for cheap plays, not surprising.mdrummhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13105257862556645664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-21619177202984730242007-05-23T15:24:00.000-04:002007-05-23T15:24:00.000-04:00jackie-I think he wants to be seen that way, I don...jackie-<BR/>I think he wants to be seen that way, I don't think that's how he really is. It's like he naturally doesn't care if he's tagged out, but some part of him says "I want to look like a winner", and he does some cheapass move.<BR/><BR/>People who really will do anything to win don't hesitate. If A-rod really cared, he's sliding knees-high into Pedroia there. Instead, his natural move didn't take him there, so that weird other part of his brain kicks in and there's an elbow.<BR/><BR/>imho, of course.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07965480927483549287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-9572010343179121612007-05-23T15:02:00.000-04:002007-05-23T15:02:00.000-04:00A-Rod vaguely reminds me of myself, playing soccer...A-Rod vaguely reminds me of myself, playing soccer in 2nd grade. I was so desperate to score a goal that at one point I actually grabbed the shirt of a girl on the opposing team in an effort to get the ball away from her near the opposing goal... it didn't work. But anyway, my point is, it seems like A-Rod is just so desperate to win that he's instinctually going to try anything he possibly can to win. In the same way a 7 year old girl would.Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02358426266380862289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-61474197231634326992007-05-23T13:07:00.000-04:002007-05-23T13:07:00.000-04:00true about pedroia and his slide. but the differen...true about pedroia and his slide. but the difference is that alex shoved/elbowed pedroia like after the play. i dunno..i always dislike those slides into 2nd to break up double plays. they always look cheap, deliberate and kind of sneaky. i know its gone on in baseball forever and lord knows i like it when it goes in our favour, but it still feels kinda low somehow.<BR/><BR/>youtube vid was taken off. god they've really cracked down with <I>everything</I> on there. shit, it's only a highlight clip.thatdietcokegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657659934096745186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-90518276516035258802007-05-23T09:50:00.000-04:002007-05-23T09:50:00.000-04:00I remember that--Remy said at that the time he was...I remember that--Remy said at that the time he was sure Dustin couldn't have reached the bag. I disagreed. He was about as far away as you can get without being called for being out of the basepath, but I think he was close enough--and, like you said, it was just a slide, not a slide/standup/elbow/push/after already reaching the bag.<BR/><BR/>And now that you bring this up, I remember, probably from Monday night, A-Rod going into second sticking his arms up in the air at the last second, which is also legal but a little less-than-"classy." Who knows if any of these have anything to do with each other. I don't think so, I think the A-Rod play ("Slap II: The Push") was just Slappy Being Slappy on his own. Tonight I picture him getting beaned, and him fighting the entire Red Sox team as the rest of the Yanks watch from the dugout...<BR/><BR/>I guarantee, though, if there is a fight tonight, the meida will talk about how it unites the clubhouse of the Yankees and will lead them to the promised land. But they'll be wrong.Jerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13448619048422750447noreply@blogger.com